After weeks and months of prayerful anticipation, the Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa (CYNESA), is delighted to finally welcome Pope Francis’ Encyclical letter, ‘Laudato Si’ (Praised Be), On the Care of Our Common Home. We thank His Holiness Pope Francis for this gift, to the Church and

A First of Its Kind!…The Global Catholic Climate Movement (GCCM) launched in January, 2015. CYNESA is proud to be a founding member of this new coalition and looks forward to help grow the movement and share perspectives of accompanying communities and young people in Africa affected by climate change. GCCM…

Last month, April 2015, we joined Pope Francis in praying and acting for creation. The Holy Father’s Universal Prayer Intention for April was “That people may learn to respect creation and care for it as a gift of God”. The invitation was twofold: 1. INVITATION TO PRAY: As Christians we…

CYNESA's Mission is to offer the platform through which young Catholics across Africa, respond to the twin challenges of Environmental Degradation and Climate Change, from the perspective of Catholic social teaching on care for creation, paying attention to the most vulnerable.